What is the typical temperature on Mars?
The daytime SURFACE
temperature is about 80 F during rare summer days, to -200 F
at the poles in winter. The AIR temperature, however, rarely
gets much above 32 F. For more martian weather reports from the surface, visit the Mars Pathfinder weather page.
Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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